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she says she disagrees with mr. romney. mark meadows, running for congress as a republican in north carolina, says that he is different from mitt romney. lamontagne, running in new hampshire, promising not to be a partisan -- is promising not to be a partisan governor in the style of mr. romney and his 47% speech. but here's maybe the biggest panic button that there is on the republican side right now. it's from the "huffington post" today. a republican operative working on congressional races, quote, warned that in key swing states, mitt romney's support and internal polling is well below that of republican candidates in districts where the presidential nominee needs to get big support to have a chance at winning. this is the quote from the republican operative. "he is just well under all of our other guys," this republican said, "i'm very concerned." think about what that means for a second. what they're talking about here is key districts in key swing states. ones where mitt romney really needs to win big in order to win
she says she disagrees with mr. romney. mark meadows, running for congress as a republican in north carolina, says that he is different from mitt romney. lamontagne, running in new hampshire, promising not to be a partisan -- is promising not to be a partisan governor in the style of mr. romney and his 47% speech. but here's maybe the biggest panic button that there is on the republican side right now. it's from the "huffington post" today. a republican operative working on...
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this is mr. romney's new hello babies add. the phrase hello babies was coined by one cat.com, but it's less awkward language than the language which this ad actually starts. >> dear daughter, welcome to america. your share of obama's debt is $50,000 and it grows every day. welcome daughter. >> to this obama hell scape. don't with you wish you could go back to where you came from. >> is she a foreign baby? maybe she did a trimester abroad? hello, foreign babies. welcome to america. vote for mitt romney? the romney campaign is in serious trouble. but you do what you've got to do in these situations you've got to put one foot in front of the other and they have decided the way they're going to get out of these problems and the way they're going to take these steps is going to be baby steps. welcome to america? seriously, who's making the decisions in this campaign right now. >>> okay. best new thing in the world today. specifically, it is the best new thing in mitt romney's world today. it was a chance for him to get on televisio
this is mr. romney's new hello babies add. the phrase hello babies was coined by one cat.com, but it's less awkward language than the language which this ad actually starts. >> dear daughter, welcome to america. your share of obama's debt is $50,000 and it grows every day. welcome daughter. >> to this obama hell scape. don't with you wish you could go back to where you came from. >> is she a foreign baby? maybe she did a trimester abroad? hello, foreign babies. welcome to...
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electadoroorado q que votar'iaia rp elpror el pbresidente barack obama >>> mientras que un asesor de mr mitt romney intento minizar mizar la raba grabaciÓnsi . >>> si hay pssersonas que manltenten malentendieron lo que el gobern gobernador mritt romney qdriauerÍa de decir, son psersonas que tabanestaban fuera de las pssersonas que iban a apyaroyar al gobrernador mroitt romney romney. >>> las criticas de los demoÓ demÓcratas se no se hicieron espera esperar. >>> la gtntntente sÍ paga taximpuestos, hay mhucha gntente jubilida qada que ha pafgaod gao tado taxsimpuestos tdaoda la vida. >>> l a cÑampaÑa de obaama lanzo es estae comercial pror la dered anoch anoche mritt romney no diodrefecirecio d disculpas pror sus psbbsalabras pero dijo que sus opisniones no fueron elefgantegantes. >>> ahtlanta hawks la ahraora la pexli explicaciÓn de mitt romney vino esta tarde, el exgob exgobernado rijr dijo que habla ba de unas elccs eccselecciones reÑifad,das dice que el camino es que el gobierno ayduda e a la gntente nectesitada pero que sforjen su nvaueva vida, ahraora hay que ver si ese 574
electadoroorado q que votar'iaia rp elpror el pbresidente barack obama >>> mientras que un asesor de mr mitt romney intento minizar mizar la raba grabaciÓnsi . >>> si hay pssersonas que manltenten malentendieron lo que el gobern gobernador mritt romney qdriauerÍa de decir, son psersonas que tabanestaban fuera de las pssersonas que iban a apyaroyar al gobrernador mroitt romney romney. >>> las criticas de los demoÓ demÓcratas se no se hicieron espera esperar....
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this is mr. romney could be baby ad. it was first coined -- hello davies is less awkward than the real language the that it actually starts with. >> welcome to america. that is what obama's policies have done. >> welcome, and daughter, to this obama healthy. don't you wish you could go back to where you came from? why does she need to be unwelcome to america? -ish e-4 in baby? congratulations! maybe she did a trimester abroad. hello foreign babies. welcome to america. vote for matt ronny? they are in serious trouble, but you do what you have to do. put one foot in front of the other. they have very quietly decided that the way they will get out is by taking these steps. their steps will be baby steps. welcome to america? seriously, who is making the decisions in the campaign right now? whoa. right? get. out. exactly! really?! [ mom ] what? shut the front door. right? woop-woop! franklin delano! [ male announcer ] there's oreo creme under that fudge! oreo fudge cremes. now in two new flavors. to compete on the global stag
this is mr. romney could be baby ad. it was first coined -- hello davies is less awkward than the real language the that it actually starts with. >> welcome to america. that is what obama's policies have done. >> welcome, and daughter, to this obama healthy. don't you wish you could go back to where you came from? why does she need to be unwelcome to america? -ish e-4 in baby? congratulations! maybe she did a trimester abroad. hello foreign babies. welcome to america. vote for matt...
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mr. romney made those remarks at about 2:00 in the afternoon on may 3rd. and they drew an almost immediate rebuke from even staunch conservatives, like, for example, bill kristol, that very same afternoon. >> i mean, i'm happy to be critical of the obama administration, as anyone is, but i think this is an awfully fast-moving story, and if i was advising governor romney, i would say, you don't need to get in the middle of this story. to inject yourself in the middle of it, when there were all kinds of negotiations going on, and a fast-moving story, i think it's foolish. there's no reason to inject yourself in and say it's a day of shame for the obama administration. hillary clinton's waking up right now. let's see if she can pull this off in the next 12 hours or not. >> turns out secretary clinton was able to pull it off. just eight hours after mitt romney declared a day of shame for the obama administration, u.s. officials who were working on the problem at the time announced that they had reached an agreement with china that would allow chen to travel to
mr. romney made those remarks at about 2:00 in the afternoon on may 3rd. and they drew an almost immediate rebuke from even staunch conservatives, like, for example, bill kristol, that very same afternoon. >> i mean, i'm happy to be critical of the obama administration, as anyone is, but i think this is an awfully fast-moving story, and if i was advising governor romney, i would say, you don't need to get in the middle of this story. to inject yourself in the middle of it, when there were...
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mr. romney is winning with older voters. so if you are a political technician and trying to win the state of florida for your candidate, this polling pattern is not just an interesting fact about how this state is likely to vote. what you are looking at right there is actionable intelligence. what political messaging is going to be most effective for winning this state given these age-specific numbers. again, you do not have to guess. it's an empirical question with an empirical answer. it is in the numbers. look from that same fox news poll. regardless of how you might vote, which presidential candidate do you prust to do a better job on protecting medicare? look at the margin. president obama winning that question in florida by a 13-point margin. so the people who want barack obama to win florida are pressing that advantage right now and the people who want mitt romney to win florida are trying to eliminate the president's advantage on that right now and they are both doing it in an intensely targeted way with this crucial
mr. romney is winning with older voters. so if you are a political technician and trying to win the state of florida for your candidate, this polling pattern is not just an interesting fact about how this state is likely to vote. what you are looking at right there is actionable intelligence. what political messaging is going to be most effective for winning this state given these age-specific numbers. again, you do not have to guess. it's an empirical question with an empirical answer. it is...
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the more mr. romney changes, the more he stays the same. joining us now is msnbc contributor and columnist for the bloomberg view, jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst michael eric dyson of georgetown university, and matt miller, msnbc contributor and the columnist for "the washington post." matt, the big reboot by the romney campaign is that the president believes in redistribution, and would you believe it, they've got him on tape saying this very thing 14 years ago. let's take a listen. >> i think the trick is figuring out how do we structure government systems that pool resources and, hence, facilitate summary distribution because i actually believe in redistribution, at least at a certain level to make sure that everybody has got a shot. how do we pool resources at the same time as we decentralize delivery systems in ways that both foster competition, can work in the marketplace, and can foster innovation at a local level and can be tailored to particular communities. >> okay. matt, tell me, what's the big crime here? >> there is no
the more mr. romney changes, the more he stays the same. joining us now is msnbc contributor and columnist for the bloomberg view, jonathan alter, msnbc political analyst michael eric dyson of georgetown university, and matt miller, msnbc contributor and the columnist for "the washington post." matt, the big reboot by the romney campaign is that the president believes in redistribution, and would you believe it, they've got him on tape saying this very thing 14 years ago. let's take a...
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but now mr. romney really does care. just listen as he explained his compassionate side to nbc's ron mott last night. >> don't forget, i got everybody in my state insured, 100 b% of e kids in our state has health insurance. i don't think there's anything that shows more empathy and care about the people of this country than that kind of record. >> wow, what a great argument for defending the president a's affordable care act. romney went straight up onto the podium and told us what he really thinks of helping to cover the uninsured. >> obama care is really exhibit number one of the president's political philosophy, and that is that government knows better that be people how to run their lives. >> mitt romney, it's 4:00, just 40 days to election. do you know where your playbook is? let's get right to our handle. with us from washington, msnbc political analyst karen finney, dana mill bank, a political columnist for "the washington post," and mike, a white house correspondent for "time" magazine. karen, mr. romney proudly
but now mr. romney really does care. just listen as he explained his compassionate side to nbc's ron mott last night. >> don't forget, i got everybody in my state insured, 100 b% of e kids in our state has health insurance. i don't think there's anything that shows more empathy and care about the people of this country than that kind of record. >> wow, what a great argument for defending the president a's affordable care act. romney went straight up onto the podium and told us what...
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and that was the speech that was supposed to introduce mr mr. romney. mr. romney's big show in tampa was neat. it was mostly well produced. it was at times inspiring, particularly for people who already agree with mr. romney. but it was not really about mr. romney very much at all. but what is maybe more surprising than how little we heard of mr. romney last week, is how much we heard of the man george w. bush. we made a big deal of the fact he was not going to the convention. we noted it, everyone noted it. it seemed important. after having left the country fighting two wars and in financial ruin four short years ago, mr. bush's party seems not ready to embrace him or his legacy, and it's true he did not go to the convention. but it turned out he didn't need to be there in person. histamp was all over the place in tampa. beyond the glossy, he was a nice guy video, substantively, george w. bush's foreign policy was the foreign policy of this republican convention. and apparently, it is the foreign policy of the republican party's presidential nominee this y
and that was the speech that was supposed to introduce mr mr. romney. mr. romney's big show in tampa was neat. it was mostly well produced. it was at times inspiring, particularly for people who already agree with mr. romney. but it was not really about mr. romney very much at all. but what is maybe more surprising than how little we heard of mr. romney last week, is how much we heard of the man george w. bush. we made a big deal of the fact he was not going to the convention. we noted it,...
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when it comes to the nfl, mr. romney and mr. ryan want the owners some of whom romney counts as personal friend to get a deal done as quickly as possible so that the real pros can get back to officiating. but when it comes to police or firefighters or heaven forbid those dreadful teacher, well what's the rush? bleed them dry. for their latest hypocrisy, this time concerning organized labor, we throw our own penalty flag at mr. romney and mr. ryan. that's ten yards for pandering and now your back's squarely against the goal. stay with us. humans -- we're not perfect. but that doesn't mean we should be penalized for it. that's why liberty mutual insurance policies come standard with accident forgiveness, if you qualify. learn more at libertymutual.com. at optionsxpress we create easy-to-use, powerful trading tools for all. like our all-in-one trade ticket. we put strategies, chains and positions all on one screen. start trading today with optionsxpress by charles schwab. >>> woe is the polls to the greatest athlete of the 20th cen
when it comes to the nfl, mr. romney and mr. ryan want the owners some of whom romney counts as personal friend to get a deal done as quickly as possible so that the real pros can get back to officiating. but when it comes to police or firefighters or heaven forbid those dreadful teacher, well what's the rush? bleed them dry. for their latest hypocrisy, this time concerning organized labor, we throw our own penalty flag at mr. romney and mr. ryan. that's ten yards for pandering and now your...
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in response to mitt romney this afternoon. mr. burns, in that place that he saw him there was being interviewed by the host of en masse and pc's andrea mitchell reports. it was so riveting it was like time stopped. thank you for being here. it has been a long day. >> such an interesting day because it was revealing. it was one of those moments where the character and policy were both revealed. >> let me ask you about the timing. as far as i understand it, you were trying to get confirmation on what happened in that in gauzy last night when this statement got e-mailed out. it is that unusual. what is important about that? >> i thought it was extraordinary. things have changed in a very strange way. we were trying to get confirmation. we were told we could not tell you whether or not the american diplomat was one of the people killed and that when we do know we are going to have to notify next of kin before we tell anybody. we would not broadcast that in any case. you were on the air, i was trying to get a report together. the next
in response to mitt romney this afternoon. mr. burns, in that place that he saw him there was being interviewed by the host of en masse and pc's andrea mitchell reports. it was so riveting it was like time stopped. thank you for being here. it has been a long day. >> such an interesting day because it was revealing. it was one of those moments where the character and policy were both revealed. >> let me ask you about the timing. as far as i understand it, you were trying to get...
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romney and mr. ryan. >> romney, ryan, romney, ryan. >> so that people don't get tired of her. >> when you go after my man -- >> stop it, this is hard. you want to try, it get in the ring. >> was i a little strong? >> never apologize for america. >> people will call my awful things every day. there are going to be bumps in the road. >> what's with the wily coyote nuclear bomb? >> 90 minute attack ad. >> president is obviously a very eloquent and gifted speaker. >> i would have, bam. >> i have neve been in a presidential debate like this. >> let's get right to our panel now. we're joined by democratic strategist julian epstein, michelle cottle, washington correspondent for "newsweek" and the daily beast, and michael krouly who is "time's" washington bureau sheaf. allow me to read to you if i may part of a statement from beth myers. she says the president is a universally acclaimed public speaker. it's clear he will use his ample rhetorical gifts and debating experience to one end, attacking mitt romne
romney and mr. ryan. >> romney, ryan, romney, ryan. >> so that people don't get tired of her. >> when you go after my man -- >> stop it, this is hard. you want to try, it get in the ring. >> was i a little strong? >> never apologize for america. >> people will call my awful things every day. there are going to be bumps in the road. >> what's with the wily coyote nuclear bomb? >> 90 minute attack ad. >> president is obviously a very...
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consider mr. romney did not just lose tim pawlenty. look at the travel schedule of this week of these three guys who are supposed to be top tier headliners. chris christie was in iowa which is not part of new jersey. rick santorum also this week, look. also in iowa. he's doing an iowa bus tour now. on wednesday of next week where is bobby jindal, not in louisiana. he's also going to iowa. when your own to tier surrogates are saying forget this guy. let's talk 2016 and me. then it's time to change the subject to anything even to your tax returns. [ woman ] dear chex cereal, you've done the impossible. made gluten-free cereals in a bunch of yummy flavors. like cinnamon chex, honey nut chex, and chocolate chex... we're in cereal heaven. so thanks. from the mcgregors, 'cause we love chex. gives you a 50% annual bonus. and everyone likes 50% more [ russian accent ] rubles. eh, eheh, eh, eh. [ brooklyn accent ] 50% more simoleons. [ western accent ] 50% more sawbucks. ♪ [ maine accent ] 50% more clams. it's a lobster, either way. [ male an
consider mr. romney did not just lose tim pawlenty. look at the travel schedule of this week of these three guys who are supposed to be top tier headliners. chris christie was in iowa which is not part of new jersey. rick santorum also this week, look. also in iowa. he's doing an iowa bus tour now. on wednesday of next week where is bobby jindal, not in louisiana. he's also going to iowa. when your own to tier surrogates are saying forget this guy. let's talk 2016 and me. then it's time to...
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how much of mitt romney's campaign belong to mitt romney? you can't help but wonder if mr. romney is just going along for the ride. joining us is tim dickinson of "rolling one." his new article is in the current issue of theage an eleeais, too. tim, i'd like to show you something before we delve into your article. just take a listen to this, tim. >> the only thing that limits you is your god given talent and your own effort. we need to have that dynamic onomy returned. do you that by growing the economy andtipl hap, n hand out. teach a man how to fish, he can feed himself for a life. don't simply feed fish. >> right. w doesn't believe in handouts. he won't even feed the fish. he wouldn't feed pigeons in central park for fear they'd becomend >> pigeons need the spur of their own poverty to collect all the refuse from the streets. >> that's a fair assessment. his proposals would kick nearly 2 million people off food stamps, leave 0,000 kids thout free school al of health care to another 300,000 children. tim, what would the folks do if, lord forbid, romney and ryan were elect
how much of mitt romney's campaign belong to mitt romney? you can't help but wonder if mr. romney is just going along for the ride. joining us is tim dickinson of "rolling one." his new article is in the current issue of theage an eleeais, too. tim, i'd like to show you something before we delve into your article. just take a listen to this, tim. >> the only thing that limits you is your god given talent and your own effort. we need to have that dynamic onomy returned. do you...
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>> first it's -- >> we're using the words of mr. romney. please accept that he's cracking you up as well. he said it. >> first you said that romney, we need to see his tax returns, we need to have these tax returns released. >> we'd like 12 years like his father. >> he gave us a summary for 20 years. >> two years. >> he gave us a summary for 20 years. >> details for two years. >> executive -- >> i can give you a summary -- >> let me finish a sentence. >> please do. >> what was his effective rate over 20 years? it was 20.20%. so, again, the lib raleralliber never enough. first you want him to release his records and then you say he's not paying enough on taxes. my second point is you're being disingenuous. he's paying taxes on wages and salary. then he's paying taxes on investment income. so to suggest he's not paying his taxes or not paying his fair share a ludicrous. >> it's a distraction. >> you and i will agree with this. >> you agree? >> this is absolutely a distraction. >> so you agree he's released these in order to distract attention
>> first it's -- >> we're using the words of mr. romney. please accept that he's cracking you up as well. he said it. >> first you said that romney, we need to see his tax returns, we need to have these tax returns released. >> we'd like 12 years like his father. >> he gave us a summary for 20 years. >> two years. >> he gave us a summary for 20 years. >> details for two years. >> executive -- >> i can give you a summary -- >> let...
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romney, but it was not very much about mr. romney at all. but what is maybe more surprising about how little we heard of mitt romney last week was how much we heard of a man named george w. bush. we made a big deal on this show about the fact that george w. bush was not going to the republican national convention. we noted it, everybody noted it. it seemed important. right? after leaving the country fighting two wars and in financial catastrophe, financial ruin four short years ago, mr. bush's party seemed not ready to embrace him or his legacy. and it is true that mr. bush did not go to the convention. he was not there in person. but it turned out he didn't really need to be there in person. his stamp was all over the place in tampa. beyond the glossy "he was a nice guy" video, substantively, george w. bush's foreign policy was the foreign policy of this republican convention. and apparently it is the foreign policy of the republican party's presidential nominee this year. mr. bush's brother, jeb, front paged his convention speech with a we
romney, but it was not very much about mr. romney at all. but what is maybe more surprising about how little we heard of mitt romney last week was how much we heard of a man named george w. bush. we made a big deal on this show about the fact that george w. bush was not going to the republican national convention. we noted it, everybody noted it. it seemed important. right? after leaving the country fighting two wars and in financial catastrophe, financial ruin four short years ago, mr. bush's...
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but mr. romney was wrong. when he said the first embassy statement was a response to the attacks, in fact, it came six hours before the embassy was breached. and that's why it's so appalling to hear mr. romney this morning when he took his statements even further. >> the embassy is the administration. the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to an apology and i think was a severe miscalculation. it's their administration spoke. the president takes responsibility, not just for the words that come from his mouth but also from the words that come from his ambassadors, his administration, from his state department. >> and desperate candidates falling in the polls should not use a tragedy to further their political ambitions. it's not worthy of a man who wants to be our commander in chief. joining me is joe crawly, democrat from new york and wesley clark, former nato commander, now chairman and ceo of wesley clark and associates. first, thank you both for being here. >> thank yo
but mr. romney was wrong. when he said the first embassy statement was a response to the attacks, in fact, it came six hours before the embassy was breached. and that's why it's so appalling to hear mr. romney this morning when he took his statements even further. >> the embassy is the administration. the statement that came from the administration was a statement which is akin to an apology and i think was a severe miscalculation. it's their administration spoke. the president takes...
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and mitt romney is not filling this room tonight. >> not only was mr. romney unable to fill a room in colorado, the night of 9 the republican caucus, he ended up losing the state of colorado in a very unexpected result. he had won colorado by more than 40 points the last time in 2008. but he lost colorado this year to rick santorum, which made for a lousy romney victory party in colorado that night. here's how it looks for romney in colorado right now. the average of polls shows president obama with about a 3-point lead over mr. romney. all of that polling was done well before the democratic convention. to the extent that that convention looks to have helped president obama's campaign, that 3.4% gap might get bigger. broadly speaking, it does look like there is at least a preliminary convention bounce helping the president in some key swing states. in ohio he's increased his lead over mitt romney from three points to five points. in north carolina which hosted the convention, mr. obama had been behind in the polls. he's not got a 1-point lead. in terms
and mitt romney is not filling this room tonight. >> not only was mr. romney unable to fill a room in colorado, the night of 9 the republican caucus, he ended up losing the state of colorado in a very unexpected result. he had won colorado by more than 40 points the last time in 2008. but he lost colorado this year to rick santorum, which made for a lousy romney victory party in colorado that night. here's how it looks for romney in colorado right now. the average of polls shows president...
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something mr. romney might know if his campaign were not so eye verse to those pesky fact checkers. joining us is democratic congressman john larson of connecticut who sits on the tax writing ways and means committee. good afternoon, sir. mr. larson, you grew up as one of seven brothers and sisters in public housing. >> correct. >> how do you like mr. romney's assessment of half the population as feckless free loaders who can barely brush their teeth? >> well, you know, what i think mitt romney doesn't understand is that this is personal. he's talking about my mother here. an 87-year-old woman who is in a nursing home currently. he's talking about my dad who was a firefighter. both who paid into social security and medicare, both who paid income taxes. my dad never lived long enough, martin, to collect either his pension or his social security or medicare but my mom did, and everything he put in is paid forward to take care of her care. i walk down the hallways of the home that she's in now because she requires 24 hour care. she's had three congestive heart failures, multiple sclero
something mr. romney might know if his campaign were not so eye verse to those pesky fact checkers. joining us is democratic congressman john larson of connecticut who sits on the tax writing ways and means committee. good afternoon, sir. mr. larson, you grew up as one of seven brothers and sisters in public housing. >> correct. >> how do you like mr. romney's assessment of half the population as feckless free loaders who can barely brush their teeth? >> well, you know, what i...
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the advisor continues, mr. romney speaks french. he understands the world, the idea that he's this naive guy at 65 years old given his experience heading the olympic winter games and everything else, i just don't think that's going to play. while it's true the olympic games that mr. romney ran included people from other countries, it did involve people from the other countries coming to america to compete in utah, which is where those games were run. if that counts as international experience, so should working at an airport or driving a tour bus in a major american city. maybe holding a meeting at the international house of pancakes. would that count? the campaign is choosing not to compete for the presidency on the basis of foreign policy. and whether or not you were hoping republicans win the presidency, that decision to not compete on that issue has dramatic consequences for all of us in the country because it means of the two major parties, one of them, the republican party, has decided to not come up with a new republican take
the advisor continues, mr. romney speaks french. he understands the world, the idea that he's this naive guy at 65 years old given his experience heading the olympic winter games and everything else, i just don't think that's going to play. while it's true the olympic games that mr. romney ran included people from other countries, it did involve people from the other countries coming to america to compete in utah, which is where those games were run. if that counts as international experience,...
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mr. romney and mr. ryan are trying to suggest that an insult to half the nation was actually a philosophical statement of difference between their ticket and the president. do you buy stage two in their tale of the tape, the tape you brought to the nation's attention? >> thank you, martin. thank you for pitching the book for me. >> pleasure. >> this is really a grand game of bait and switch here. there is a debate to be had. you read "showdown" and it's interesting, i wrote that barack obama -- i guess mitt romney, too -- wanted this campaign to be one about clashing values between, you know, over the role of government, community action, individual liberty, tax rates and all that stuff. that's sort of what we're getting. but what mitt romney said at that may 17th fund-raiser was not about policy or ideological difference. i mean, the great thing about this story is that people can go and just look at the tape again and again and again and see that he was dismissing everyone who votes for obama. all 47%
mr. romney and mr. ryan are trying to suggest that an insult to half the nation was actually a philosophical statement of difference between their ticket and the president. do you buy stage two in their tale of the tape, the tape you brought to the nation's attention? >> thank you, martin. thank you for pitching the book for me. >> pleasure. >> this is really a grand game of bait and switch here. there is a debate to be had. you read "showdown" and it's interesting,...